Hey guys.
Today I'm here with the N-Fab full-length RKR side rails fitting all 2018 JL Wranglers.
So side protection is a must if you're taking your JL out on the trail and you wanna keep
everything on the side protected from any obstacles or any rocks that might get in your
way while you're crawling.
So these N-Fab RKR side rails are gonna be a great option to offer you some underbody
protection as well as some side protection while achieving an off-road and very sleek
look.
These won't actually provide a stepping surface like some other side rails that you may have
seen for the previous model on the JK.
However, you do have mounting points to mount up a step down the line if you do lift your
Wrangler and you want easier access inside the cab area.
I would like to mention that these are mounted to the pinch well [SP] as well as the underbody
and not actually the body mounts.
So these won't be able to take any crazy abuse.
However, these still will be built very solid and hold up to whatever you throw at it.
So at the moment, these are gonna be the only option for a side rail without a drop down
step and they're just gonna be south of $400.
Other less expensive options on the site that you may be seeing will be for a side rail
that may come out a little further and have a welded drop down step.
However, those do have the potential to get hung up on the trail if that's something that
you're worried about.
Other options that are more expensive on the other end of the spectrum will be for a full
side protection that will just be a plate and provide no stepping surface or no drop
down rail or you will have something similar to this option with a detachable and attachable
step that you can put on and take off whenever you want.
So N-Fab also does offer that option that's very similar to this.
It's actually really the same thing except for you do have that drop down step.
So if you want the best of both worlds, if you have a lifted JL and you want that drop
down step but also wanna have the option of taking it off, that is available for about
$100 more.
So, install will be a very easy one out of three wrenches on the difficulty meter.
We're gonna need a couple of hand tools and about a half hour to an hour's worth of your
time.
So speaking of the install, let's jump into that now.
So we're gonna be spending most of our time underneath the Jeep.
So I would recommend for the first couple of steps that you grab a creeper or something
comfortable to lay on.
You're also gonna need a 13 millimeter deep socket and a 10 millimeter deep socket as
well as a ratchet or an impact wrench.
So our first step is to remove these 10 millimeter nuts that are on these studs on our pinch
weld.
There's gonna be two on either side of each body mount.
So there will be six in total.
I'm using a 10 millimeter deep socket and a quarter inch drive ratchet since it is smaller
to get that off.
Since these are fairly new bolts since the JL is newer then they will be pretty easy
to get off.
So after you remove the nuts on the back of the pinch weld here, we do need to remove
the bolts that are holding in three of these body mounts.
They are gonna be a 13 millimeter bolt.
I'm using a 13 millimeter deep socket, an impact wrench to get those off.
And I'm starting with the front one and moving my way down and I'm gonna leave the middle
one for the last so we can balance everything and get everything off.
After those nine bolts are out, we remove our side step.
So sitting these two side-by-side, you can tell that the N-Fab is actually the same length
as our stock sidesteps.
So you still are getting full coverage from wheel-to-wheel.
You also are getting a lot more protection out of these since they are a lot more durable.
Your factory sidestep is plastic, and over time, if you do take it on the trail, it can
crack and get pretty beat up.
So with this new sidestep, it is made of a steel tube construction that's one and three-quarter
inches thick with a textured black powder coat finish on it that's chip resistant.
It's gonna resist any rust or corrosion on the metal as well as any surface damage.
It's really gonna assist you in getting that off-road look.
So with getting an off-road look, this is made of a tubular construction and it has
a slim tube on the front and the back.
The back one is gonna provide you some underbody protection and the side or the front rail
is going to provide you some side protection.
And they are gonna look at very sleek with that textured black finish.
So the one thing that you're not getting with the new side rails that you did get with your
stock rails is a dedicated stepping surface.
Now, you are still gonna have two large tubes here that will provide a solid stepping surface,
but you don't have a dedicated step.
N-Fab does offer steps that you can add on in the future or you can buy it as a full
package.
Though personally, I think trading a dedicated stepping surface to add a whole bunch of protection
is a fair trade.
So, enough about our stock sidestep, let's bolt up our new one.
So our next step in mounting this up is to start in the middle and we're going to start
by mounting this up on the pinch weld first so we can line this hole up here.
So we're just gonna loosely attach it to the pinch weld making sure that everything stays,
the body mounts stay behind.
And this is just to hold it up in place while we bolt everything else up.
So once your bolts are in, you can take your nut through the pinch weld and attach it to
the other side.
So we're just gonna do this for the middle and then we're gonna go check out how everything
lines up underneath on the body.
So now that we're under the Jeep and we can take a look at our body mounting points, we
can see that everything lines up perfectly.
So what I'm gonna do is thread in all of our hardware.
I'm not gonna tighten it down yet until I have all of the bolts in place.
But everything seems to be lining up good so far.
So I'm just going to attach the rest of my body mounts.
And not these body mounts.
I'm talking about the mounts from the sides that mount to the actual body.
Now we can move along to the other two mounts.
So just to snug them up, I'm gonna use a 12 millimeter deep socket and a impact wrench.
Like I said, we're not tightening everything down yet.
I just want to send that up since it's in a weird position and then we can move to the
back one.
So after we have our mounts loosely tightened, we can move on to the rest of the pinch weld
bolts.
So now we can tighten all the pinch weld bolts down with a 13 millimeter socket and a ratchet
and a 13 millimeter open-ended or a box wrench.
So after the bolts on the pinch weld are tightened down, we can take a 12 millimeter deep socket
and just tighten down the bolts that are holding in our body mount.
After everything's tightened down, you can just repeat the process on the other side
and you're all set to go.
So that's gonna wrap it up for my review and install on the N-Fab full-length RKR side
rails fitting all 2018 JL Wranglers.
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